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Sky_Hopper (365 D)
30 Aug 19 UTC
Issue that prevented me entering moves
See below.
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Anon (?? D)
28 Aug 19 UTC
gameID=39145
This is really a message for mods. .. but I am not getting any response in the ModForum. I have been unable to load orders in the above game for a number of days now .. and am receiving increasingly threatening messages about missing turns and a possible ban. I can't communicate with any of the other players in the game. Does anyone know what is going on?
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jmo1121109 (1200 D Mod)
25 Aug 19 UTC
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Nexus Tournament Open for Registration
You can now register for the Nexus Tournament. See inside for more.
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BBQSauce123321 (2026 D)
07 Aug 19 UTC
"Theoretical" Game
So there's a map called Fubar (https://vdiplomacy.com/variants.php?variantID=39). Let's say I created a game called "HA! Pranked!" where it was choose your own country (So I choose the big one), and then I make the SC count to win 8 (greater than any other country has, except the big one which starts with 10). 5 other people are foolish enough to join the game. Would I just win automatically then?
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AJManso4 (2318 D)
07 Aug 19 UTC
Sealanes Question
Say I am in the Sealane territory of X SW, and I’m attacking an adjacent Y sea territory, but the Y itself not Y SW/N etc. And I support myself in, can the Y territory retreat into my exposed X sea territory, despite me attacking from X SW?
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kevdog8 (1780 D)
29 Jul 19 UTC
Move Didn't Go Through
I was looking for clarification from the Mod team as to why a certain unit was not dislodged in a gunboat game with 1.5 day phases, so I sent a message in the Mod forum yesterday morning. I haven't received a response and the next phase of the game is about to go through. What is the proper action in this situation? Should I vote extend and hope for a last-minute extend? Thanks for advice.
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HQDominator (757 D)
19 Jul 19 UTC
Discord Server
I don't use this website much but I know ya'll do, would you be interested in making a Discord for you to discuss this game on?
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nopunin10did (1041 D)
14 May 19 UTC
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Changes to make PPSC better
Currently, the PPSC system rewards points in a solo. It has a number of perverse effects on gameplay. In the subsequent post(s), I will outline changes that could reform PPSC and reduce its detrimental impact.
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hq_dominate (955 D)
20 Jul 19 UTC
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Toes
Toes?
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Sky_Hopper (365 D)
16 Jul 19 UTC
Deleting an account
Hey, if I were to ever want to delete my account, how would I go about doing that?
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ubercacher16 (2169 D)
11 Jul 19 UTC
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Google Translate Game
Hello everyone! I am looking for six other players to join a game of Classic(probably, another variant if more want to play), public press, where every player must send messages after putting them through several other languages and then back into English.

I am open to suggestions on exactly which languages and how many there should be.
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bsiper (1281 D)
11 Jul 19 UTC
I am very in. May I suggest using http://www.copypanthers.com/lost-in-translation-agency/ ?
I am interested. As a warning that has come up before, I do know bsiper, but as clarified in the past, this will not affect either of our game styles
ubercacher16 (2169 D)
11 Jul 19 UTC
Excellent! I'll start a player list:

1. ubercacher16
2. bsiper
3. BBQSauce123321
4.
5.
6.
7.


Oh I am so looking forward to this.

1. ubercacher16
2. bsiper
3. BBQSauce123321
4. Amby
5.
6.
7.
I should add I really like the approach with http://www.copypanthers.com/lost-in-translation-agency/

Far simpler way of managing compared to previous Google Translate games.

I assume we're playing unrated as its meant to be a fun game?

OR if that last sentence was translated using the service: Do you think you will play surprisingly because it will be a fun game?
ubercacher16 (2169 D)
13 Jul 19 UTC
Of yes, unrated definitely.
Elipticon (736 D)
13 Jul 19 UTC
I'm not going to play, since it's a bit too chaotic for my tastes, but I think it would be good to set the game to Public Press. That way people who aren't playing can see the chat.
Elipticon (736 D)
13 Jul 19 UTC
Edit: I messed around with the Lost in Translation Agency, and the thing doesn't like apostrophes, and instead replaces them with '
Yes you need to write them in full eg you are instead of you're, do not instead of don't. Easily fixed.
Alakazam (981 D)
13 Jul 19 UTC
I don't get the idea of the game. Can you explicitly explain it with an example of a game situation?
@Alakazam - it is played like a normal game of Diplomacy. The only difference being when you post messages you write them first (but don't send on vDip yet), then put them into something like http://www.copypanthers.com/lost-in-translation-agency (although the origin games played like this used a more complicated approach with Google Translate) and then you paste and send the translated version to the player you are talking with.

The idea is to simulate where people misunderstand each other due to translations not being perfect.

A previous game was discussed on the Diplomacy Games podcast. Have a listen at http://diplomacygames.com/diplomacy-games-podcast-episode-4-shownotes-world-war-iv-google-translate-diplomacy/
(that podcast link has specific examples in it)
Mike213 (744 D)
13 Jul 19 UTC
I am interested.
ubercacher16 (2169 D)
13 Jul 19 UTC
1. ubercacher16
2. bsiper
3. BBQSauce123321
4. Amby
5. Mike213
6.
7.

@Elipticon, I intend it to be Public Press.

@Alakazam, what Amby said.
Alakazam (981 D)
13 Jul 19 UTC
I am down.

You can add me.

So when we send message to others, we can choose whatever language we want I assume? For instance if I send a message to England, I can send it Turkish but I don't need to let him know that this is Turkish. He has to figure out himself I guess?
Lightsong (984 D)
13 Jul 19 UTC
I would like to join.
Elipticon (736 D)
13 Jul 19 UTC
You know what, scratch what i said previously, I do want to join. I also think that there should be some ground rules for how this works.

The lost in translation agency doesn't like apostrophes and only has a dozen or so languages, so I'd say that Google Translate would be better; some of the rarer languages have really shotty translations (see Somali.)

There also should be a number of translations you have to make before you can post your message. In My opinion 6 languages scrambles that text enough that it could be misinterpreted, but still be generally understood.
A couple of things:

@Alakazam - it doesn't work that way. Did you read/listen to the info I posted? You start generally in English then translate depending on the process chosen into one or repeated multiple languages, before finally translating back to English, which is what you post.

@Elipticon - I would generally agree that a dozen or more languages would make it more entertaining. The trouble is the practicalities of doing this manually would become painful quickly and I can see people then abandoning the concept or CDing. The most entertaining translator was Akuna but it is no longer available. So something like http://www.copypanthers.com/lost-in-translation-agency or https://www.funnytranslator.com/ might be best.

Or we following the format of the previous Translate game (see https://www.vdiplomacy.net/forum.php?viewthread=60236#60236) or a summary is in the podcast show notes page at http://diplomacygames.com/diplomacy-games-podcast-episode-4-shownotes-world-war-iv-google-translate-diplomacy/
Spartan22 (1883 D (B))
14 Jul 19 UTC
Seems like 7 players may be interested but I’d be down to join if the variant was expanded.
ubercacher16 (2169 D)
14 Jul 19 UTC
1. ubercacher16
2. bsiper
3. BBQSauce123321
4. Amby
5. Mike213
6. Alakazam
7. Lightsong
8. Elipticon
9. Spartan22

I'm going to hard cap this at nine players. The variant options are: 1600, 1800 - Empires and Coalitions, Aberration V, War of Austrian Succession, and Western World 901. We can pick which one democratically, if that doesn't work I'll just choose.

@Amby, the copy panther site hasn't been working for me. However I believe that is because I am in China right now. I will be in countries with normal internet starting in a week. Perhaps we could postpone the game start until then?

Is a dozen, or six languages the best number?
Alakazam (981 D)
14 Jul 19 UTC
Got it, you can count me in!
Alakazam (981 D)
14 Jul 19 UTC
@ubercacher16 I vote for 1600
ubercacher16 (2169 D)
14 Jul 19 UTC
1600: 1
1800 - Empires and Coalitions: 0
Aberration V: 0
War of Austrian Succession: 0
Western World 901: 0

I'll put my vote in later.
Mike213 (744 D)
14 Jul 19 UTC
I vote for Aberration V
@ubercacher

No rush to start, so lets wait until you get back to the west where you can try copy panther to see if that works best. It automatically does 8 translations. But as pointed out by a few people, it and similar sites don't really produce truly whacky translations.

I've played two translation games here and I think the whackier the translations the harder but more entertaining the gameplay is.

I am fine with 1600, 1800 and War of Austrian Succession.

Depending on how we want to approach rules for what languages are used for translating, Aberration using fictional nations I think rules it out.

And Western World 901 is similarly only best if we set up rules to use a translation service that covers off the various nations across Asia and Africa. Asia we may be ok, but Africa I think is more problematic.
Elipticon (736 D)
14 Jul 19 UTC
I'll vote for Aberration V, but If we get another player then something like Modern Diplomacy II or Napoleonic would work for me.
Agree.
Elipticon (736 D)
14 Jul 19 UTC
@Ambassador Africa is covered. Google Translate includes Hausa (Nigeria) and Ethiopian.
Elipticon (736 D)
14 Jul 19 UTC
And if you want to spruce things up, then Sudanese, Somali, Swahili, Zulu, and Afrikaans are also available.
ubercacher16 (2169 D)
14 Jul 19 UTC
@Amby,

I think translating an English message through several languages and then back into English is the best way to go. No need to use actual powers languages.

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AKeeFaTheHun (1078 D)
18 Jul 19 UTC
Preview button not working?
I apologise if this has been covered before, I've been away for a few years. I'm trying to preview my moves and that function does not appear to be working.
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Chenggis Khan (963 D)
16 Jul 19 UTC
Fun Times
i got a huge urge to play some games. join up!
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Elipticon (736 D)
12 Jul 19 UTC
Error found in Europe 1939
I was browsing the variant list, when I noticed an error. Europe 1939 claims to have 8 players, when it actually has 9.
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Zybque (1000 D)
09 Jul 19 UTC
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Update Nexus Cold War tournament
For who wants to know: 47 participants joined and were seeded in both brackets (called east and west) so everybody has two chances to reach the final. (and if the semi's have the same people in it we go straight to the final)
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Oli (977 D Mod (P))
29 Jun 19 UTC
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Small improvement to the chat interface...
In an attempt to clear the chatinterface a bit I changed the tabs.
It now shows the countries you have sent or received messages by default, and groups all other in a new selector.
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G-Man (2466 D)
01 Jul 19 UTC
Decompressive Backseat Orchidectomy Restart
For those that were in this cancelled game (over the technical gaff beyond our control), I’ve recreated the game as Decompressive Bilateral Backseat Orchidectomy. Message me, G-Man, for the password. This is just a restart for the same group of players that had already been playing this game. So, no newcomers please.
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Melodius_Kitten (940 D)
29 Jun 19 UTC
Players in Yeet-11
Just a little message that I'm agreeing to the draw but there's some error when I hit draw and now I can't access the game again.

Just letting you all know in case you thought I was intentionally delaying the draw.
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Bella (886 D)
25 Jun 19 UTC
Phases Played?
Attempting to join game with minimum phases played and says I've played 0.
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ineptmule (1076 D)
25 Jun 19 UTC
Conceding/Withdrawing from a game
Sorry if this is a well-flogged dead horse, but I've looked in the 'Help' section and can't seem to find an answer to this. Is it possible to concede a game - I don't mean voting for a concede result, but for a player to unilaterally withdraw from the game deliberately?
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Elipticon (736 D)
21 Jun 19 UTC
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Why can't you view anything besides the public chat in archives?
Look I understand why you can't watch it during the game, since you could Pm players the details, but after a game has ended, I want to be able to view alliances, deals, and other things that you just couldn't see in the normal chat.
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Strider (1604 D)
30 May 19 UTC
Reliability rating
I'm having trouble understanding the new system.
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Oli (977 D Mod (P))
10 Jun 19 UTC
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Tournaments.
With the update to the new webdip-code we got all the new tournament-tools too. You can read about this here: https://webdiplomacy.net/contrib/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1637

Feel free to contact us on the modforum, if you want us to create a tournament for you.
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jbeutel (1449 D)
09 Jun 19 UTC
Manifest Destiny map issue
There seems to be a mistake in the Manifest Destiny map (fleets can move between one particular sea region and an inland region, which isn’t documented as being intentional and seems to just be a problem). Is the forum the right place to report these sorts of issues?
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AJManso4 (2318 D)
28 May 19 UTC
Question about replacing civil disorders
Why would people replace someone when they’re about to be eliminated, with games with a bet of 15 or such? Wouldn’t they just be losing their 15 points?
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Dingus Supremus (934 D)
29 May 19 UTC
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Bruh
Bruh
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Flame (1073 D)
24 May 19 UTC
Why we got this?
Is this a mistake? Or what?
I did update to the RU-server and find out that stats are not working in a correct way. I check VDip site - the same.

https://a.radikal.ru/a09/1905/b7/09a12f2de706.png
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Sawyermongrel (1340 D)
26 May 19 UTC
1v1 help
Trying to make a 1v1 but getting an error message that reads: <variable "delayDeadlineMaxTurn" is needed to create a game, but was not entered>but cant find a place to enter that?
any thoughts?
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mysteryman3177 (903 D)
25 May 19 UTC
Diplomacy fandom
The Diplomacy Fandom on fandom.com needs active editors can anyone here check it out.
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Anon (?? D)
24 May 19 UTC
1 SC, 0 units: a bug with the new system
Currently, I'm playing in a game where I currently have 1 SC and 0 units because my only unit was forced to disband. However, an interesting bug occurs, because the Save/Ready buttons still appear at the bottom of the screen, with no orders listed above them. Can someone fix this?
Game: gameID=37418
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